A 13-month-old girl is out of the hospital after two hot drinks spilled on her at a Starbucks.

The accident happened before 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Starbucks in the 5900 block of Federal Highway in Stuart.

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Jeremy Marsh said he's "thankful" that his daughter, Lulu, is going to be OK.

"It's a very stressful situation," Marsh told WPBF 25 News.

Marsh's wife said she placed her daughter into a booster seat that they brought to the coffee shop and attached it to the table when the table started to tip over, and that's when a hot cup of coffee and tea spilled on Lulu.

"When I got there she was already blistered up," Marsh said of his daughter's injuries. "Her skin was already peeling back, and that's when the paramedics came shortly after that and took her away."

Lulu suffered burns to her chest and legs and was flown by medical helicopter to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. She was released later in the morning.

"The second-degree burns is going to begin with the blistering and you're going to start to see that show up on there," Martin County Fire Rescue spokesman Doug Killane said. "So, at that point, due to age and due to that, it's important to get them some immediate care, which is why (the girl and her mother) were flown to Miami."

Starbucks issued the following statement:

"Our thoughts are with the injured customer. Everyone here is hoping for a complete and quick recovery."